SimonTV in conversation with Free Speech Union CEO Jillaine Heather

Jillain Heather is the CEO of the New Zealand Free Speech Union She joined me to survey the ladscape of civil liberties and discuss the objectives of the Union in the year ahead. Materials Reference: References FSU website: https://www.fsu.nz/ Jillaine’s commentary: https://plainsight.nz/author/jillaine-heather/ Lucy Rogers: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/woman-arrested-for-peaceful-counter-protest-new-zealands-police-must-protect-right-to-peaceful-protest Lucy court case: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/free-speech-union-files-suit-against-attorney-general-for-unlawful-arrest-of-peaceful-protestor Police admit(?) fault: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/we-told-them-so-the-police-admit-we-were-right Lucy CAMPAIGN: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/ensure-lucy-gets-justice New demonstrations legislation: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2025/0195/latest/d80317e2.html FSU BSA CAMPAIGN: https://www.fsu.nz/campaign/put-the-bsa-back-in-its-place BSA legal opinion: https://www.bsa.govt.nz/assets/Dec-2025-Lowndes-Jordan-opinion-on-BSA-jurisdiction-v2.pdf Law Commission Ia Tangata: https://www.lawcom.govt.nz/our-work/ia-tangata/tab/report FSU HDCA CAMPAIGN: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/free-speech-union-welcomes-melissa-lees-members-bill-to-reform-the-harmful-digital-communications-act FSU U16 Ban CAMPAIGN: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/is-this-a-sticking-plaster-solution Lord Young’s The Daily Sceptic: https://dailysceptic.org/ Celine and the eKaren: https://freespeechunion.au/celine/ Shlomo Kramer on limiting the first amendment: https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/israeli-tech-ceo-calls-us-govt-limit-first-amendment-take-control-social-media-prevent-lies Zero hedge on the shield of “misinformation” for establishment narratives: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/misinformation-inquisition-how-censorship-shields-approved-narratives-scrutiny NSW Premiere Chris Minns “stop free speech to defend multiculturalism”: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/23/senior-politician-just-said-quiet-part-out-loud-free-speech/ David Harvey on the NZ blob’s constant reinvention of censorship: https://djhdcj.substack.com/p/safer-online-services-lite Substack CEO Chris Best on the dangers of the UK Online Safety Act: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/20/substack-online-safety-act/ Inspector Grant Tetzlaff unilaterally inventing hate crimes to enforce: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/512867/auckland-s-karangahape-road-rainbow-crossing-covered-in-white-paint NZ Police extensive hate crime resources: https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publication/hate-motivated-crime-resources FSU on unlawful training: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/police-commit-to-change-hate-threshold-in-training FSU on Silent Auditor: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/when-filming-becomes-a-crime-fsu-condemns-arrest-of-silent-auditor-at-auckland-rally Pillar on Silent Auditor: https://auckland.scoop.co.nz/2025/12/pillar-condemns-arrest-of-silent-auditor-at-meyers-park-rally/ IPCA whitewash of Albert Park and Lucy: https://www.ipca.govt.nz/Site/publications-and-media/2025-media-releases/2025-feb-18-public-protest-policing-review.aspx Australia X ban: https://www.noticer.news/australia-x-ban-backlash-warning/ UK X ban: https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/01/09/starmer-would-use-any-excuse-to-ban-x/ NZ Blood contamination: https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/376556-blood-donation-rules-are-changing-in-2026.html Production security: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/production-security-2026 World Oil reserves: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/visualizing-all-worlds-oil-reserves-country Hooten on rules based order: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/nz-must-prepare-for-the-end-of-the-rules-based-era-matthew-hooton/premium/NK4YQ5XP7RHRZNAH524JVRA4XQ/